The revitalization of downtown Hattiesburg

Interest renewed in heart of Hub City

2:24 AM,
Dec. 2, 2012

People walk along Front Street in downtown Hattiesburg.

Written by

Cain Madden / American Correspondent

When Harry Goff went looking for rental property to renovate in downtown Hattiesburg, he found a home instead.

After Goff retired from his job as a Chevron systems analyst, he got bored and added onto his home in Moselle. Then, he got bored again and started looking for a little something he could fix up and rent out.

"We drove by here, saw this for sale and me and my wife fell in love with it," Goff said of his place on Mobile Street. "Now she does not want to rent it and neither do I. So we are not going to rent it, not right now, maybe never." ...